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TLDR: upvote if you want BuyFromEU to stick around.

Hi folks, new mod here.

There are two quite similar communities on different instances. Some users - coming from the different place - are in favor for abandoning this one, fearing a split and unecessary separation of users for an important movement. I'm not so sure if the other one is a substitute. Also - to be honest - I dislike the agressive, relentless style some users use in a -if you will- foreign community.

Procedure

  • An upvote on this post means this you want this community to evolve. I would then proceed and search for more moderators and try to keep this a productive, interconnected space.
  • A downvote means you are in favor of abandoning and settling with the other community.

You can use the comments on this post to express your feelings in a civil manner.

I'll finally check back in about 48hours and take a look at where we are standing.

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[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also, something else that crossed my mind, @a887dcd7a@lemmy.world: some instances like https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/ or https://reddthat.com/ disable downvotes, so they wouldn't be able to vote using your procedure.

@FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone for instance voted to move to the feddit.uk instance, but is unable to register their vote

[–] a887dcd7a@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I‘m sorry to hear that. Upvote/downvote was the most democratic and representative way I could think of with feddit.org capabilities.

Please recognize that I cannot think of all hurdles when different instances with different possibilities are involved.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

It's okay, you are learning.

Usually what mods do is that they have two comments, and upvotes on each of them count as vote: https://lemmy.world/comment/13861954

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

I forgot about it as well, otherwise I would have pointed it out earlier